The other day, a 30-year-old man accompanied his elderly mother to her follow-up visit. At the end of the visit, the son mentioned to me in passing that he had experienced mild chronic neck pain for the past couple of months. He was not formally my patient, but I...

Neuropathy refers to a broad grouping of conditions which involve nerve damage, however for the purpose of this article I will focus solely on nerve pain. Pharmaceutical interventions for nerve pain range from gabapentin to antidepressants, which often have...

Keep your knees strong and healthy (and avoid or postpone surgery) Months of improper leg squatting in the gym have led to my first real bout with knee pain. A few months ago, I was diagnosed with chondromalacia. In laymen’s terms, it is known as runner’s...